Red Bridge

The area was a crossing point on the Santa Fe Trail. A post office called Red Bridge opened in 1888, was renamed Redbridge in 1895, and closed in 1902; residential development came much later, from the 1960s onward. source

There have been several bridges and all of them were red. Colonel George N. Todd, a Scottish stonemason, built the first in 1859 - a 100-foot covered wooden span on stone piers at the trail crossing. A steel replacement went up in 1892, and a third bridge was dedicated in 1932 by Harry S. Truman, then a Jackson County judge. source

The old bridge still stands in Minor Park and now carries padlocks left by visitors rather than traffic. source

The median home sold here was built in 1960. Most of what sells was built between 1957 and 1971. 59% of sales included finished basement space beyond the above-grade footprint - which matters here, because square footage quoted above grade can understate a house considerably.

By property type: Single Family (39).

Addresses here fall in ZIP 64114, 64131.

Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.

The Blue River and Minor Park shape this neighborhood, which means floodplain position is a real variable rather than a formality. Pull the FEMA flood map for a specific parcel before assuming a quoted insurance figure transfers from one street to the next.

With a median year built of 1960, most homes here are mid-century stock. None of the following says anything about a specific house - they are the questions worth asking of any home of this age.

• Aluminum branch wiring appeared in homes built roughly 1965-1973 and is a specific thing to ask an inspector to look for.
• Original HVAC from this era is long past its service life, so the question is usually when it was last replaced rather than whether.
• The pre-1978 lead-paint disclosure applies to the earlier part of this range (40 CFR 745.110).

Deeds written in this era sometimes carry restrictive covenant language relating to race, religion or national origin. Where it appears, it is void and unenforceable in both states, and has been for decades: Missouri directs that such a recital be “ignored, as if the same never existed” source, and Kansas, where such covenants were already unlawful, added a release procedure effective 1 July 2024 source. An owner in either state may record a certificate of release, which does not alter the original document but restates that the covenant cannot be enforced. It is a paperwork question rather than a live restriction - but it is worth recognizing if it surfaces in your title work. What this language is, and how to release it.

Of the 39 homes sold, 1 were 2-bed, 20 were 3-bed, 15 were 4-bed, 2 were 5-bed, 1 were 6-bed.

Above-grade size ranged from about 1,250 to 2,860 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.

Closings cluster in October, April and November, with 49% of the year's sales closing between April and September. Because closing typically follows the contract by a month or more, listing activity runs earlier than that.

• Armour Hills 73 sales
• Ruskin Heights 69 sales
• Marlborough Heights 65 sales
• Woodhaven 53 sales
• Cadence Villas 46 sales
• Somerbrook 45 sales
• Ruskin Hills 45 sales
• Staley Farms 43 sales
• Gracemor 36 sales
• New Mark 35 sales
• Crestview 35 sales
• Broadland 35 sales
• Fountain Hills 34 sales
• Sherwood Estates 33 sales
• Brooke Hills 33 sales
• Robandee 33 sales
• Platte Ridge 33 sales
• Ward Park 31 sales
• Rockhill Gardens 29 sales
• Romanelli Gardens 29 sales
• North Creek Village 29 sales
• Wildwood West 29 sales
• North Hampton 28 sales
• Randolph Corners North 28 sales